Do you use live or f/t food?

FT only because it's more convenient for me at this stage than going to the pet store. Sometimes the stores didn't have the size I wanted either.

One day, if I get a place where I have more room and can raise my own rats, I might end up doing that...for now, FT is what's working for me.

I feed F/T which is the most used in the UK (as far as I can tell) I would end up with lots of furry pets if I tried live but I would be willing to try it if it came to it and one of my BP's wouldn't eat :)

I also like to know I have food for them in the freezer at all times and can monitor when I need to buy more.

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Originally Posted by Naom9Anne

I feed F/T which is the most used in the UK (as far as I can tell) I would end up with lots of furry pets if I tried live but I would be willing to try it if it came to it and one of my BP's wouldn't eat :)

I also like to know I have food for them in the freezer at all times and can monitor when I need to buy more.

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Its the only legal method in the uk, if anywhere in the uk sells you live mice to feed to your snake it is illegal.

both but im switching to ft since i have big order coming in

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Originally Posted by dgring

Its the only legal method in the uk, if anywhere in the uk sells you live mice to feed to your snake it is illegal.

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But I'm pretty sure that rule dosent apply if the snake is dying and there is no other option but otherwise it is clasified as animal cruelty

I've only given my little nugget 3 live mice. I switched to F/T within the first month. I couldn't switch back now, since she's either forgotten that she's a constrictor, or she's just lazy. Also, she's developing a habit of attempting to eat her mice from the middle.

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Live. I breed my own feeders. Its cheaper and more cost effective for me. F/T is too expensive if I had to ship. Not to mention only a handful of my snakes would actually take F/T. The rest are picky enough on live so F/T is a no go. There would be too many wasted food.

And if I had to thaw out and Zombie dance all the feeders for my snakes, it would take hours. Its faster and easier to just drop a feeder into the tub and go down the rack line. If I hear a thump, I go check up to see if the snake has a good hold. If so, I just move on with the routine. And 30 mins later, I just go around and take out all uneaten feeders to save for next week.

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I feed a mixture of live and frozen thawed. Some of mine will only eat live and some will eat ft hopefully ill have 1 or 2 more that will feed on frozen thawed my cbb has only had 2 meals and wont pay any attention to ft. Then i have one that was eating ft when i got him and then stopped feeding and will only eat live now

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I prefer to feed frozen, but I feed whatever they actually are willing to eat so I do have plenty that feed on live prey.

Live for several reasons. I had too many wasted feeders, plus the hassle of thawing. You know, how many do I thaw, will everyone eat, what to do with the extras if some don't, and so on. Cheaper and easier to breed my own feeders, then when someome refuses, it just goes back in the rack for the next feeding. My boas and my blood with take f/t easily enough, but the balls are just too picky sometimes. If they weren't, I'd do all f/t in a second. It would save me a bunch of time in the long run.